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    What sport was in its early days nicknamed "Tom-Fool's Game"?

    Question #68303. Asked by davejacobs. (Jul 16 06 9:13 AM)


    gdec1

    		Badminton
    "When badminton was introduced at Satâra natives called it Tamtam phûl khel, ṭam-ṭam meaning 'battledore,' and the shuttlecock looked like a flower (phûl). Tommy Atkins promptly turned this into "Tom Fool"."

    http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:343.hobson

    Jul 16 06, 4:54 PM
    davejacobs

    		Excellent gdec1 a golden shuttlecock to you!

    Jul 16 06, 5:32 PM

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